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Southland Times, Issue 17785, 14 July 1916, Page 4

An adjourned meeting of creditors in the estate of James Sparks, baker, of Bluff, which w,as summoned for yesterday, lapsed owing to there being no quorum present.

'The Southland cheese factory managers’ dispute with the employers will be discussed at a sitting of the Conciliation Council in Invercargill on August 15, when an attempt will be made to, arrive at a settlement. Bailing that the dispute will be heard by the Arbitration Court, which will be asked to make an award.

There are over 11,000 crates of cheese in the cool store at Bluff at present, but it is expected that during, the present month sufficient tonnage will be available to have practically the whole of this, quantity conveyed to its destination. Southland lias been particularly fortunate in having cool stores at Bluff during the war period, for without them factories would have been seriously inconvenienced, and cheese kept over such long periods would have many opportunities of deteriorating in quality.

Tire shortage of labour at Bluff continues to be seriously felt. The port has been very busy for some time past, and the inadequate supply of labour has been keenly felt by firms. Xot only have shipping requirements to be met, but work, in the various stores has also to he coped with, and as considerable quantities of oats have lately been exported employers have been largely concerned in their endeavours td fulfil their obligations. Ths men available at Bluff are certainly having a good time in the matter of employment at present, and future • prospects for some considerable time to come ars also inviting.

The Committee of Management of th» Red Cros.s shop desire to acknowiedg# donations received from the following 1 last Saturday : —Mrs D. Cuthbertson, Mrg J. S. Steans, Mrs Hawley, Miss Bedford, Mrs Cruicksbank, Mrs Roberts, Mias Murchison, Mrs J. Vickery, Miss Diack, Mr J. S. Ward, Mrs D. J. Gilmour, Mr Goldsmith, Mrs J. McLeod, Mrs Meek, Miss Meek, Mrs J. A. Hanan, Mrs Kgerton, Mrs Brighton, Mrs Pilcher, Mrs S. Gardner (Lilburn), Mrs Nicnll (Fortrose), Mrs Dunlop, Mr Valter Blakis, Mrs R. Rosc.oe, Mrs Stock, Mrs S. Stewart, Miss Perrin, Mrs A. Watson, Miss N. Sfrettell, Mrs M. F. SVood, Mr* Gresham, Mrs Barne.tt, Mrs McGruer, Mrs Woods, Miss Crofts, Mrs Ros* (Clifton), Mrs McKay (Clifton). Dr Hansen, Mrs Olsen, Mrs J. Macallster, Mr A. S. Browne, Mrs Brodrick, Sir* Young (West Plains), Mrs S. Webb, Mrs J. Macdonald, Mrs Ott, Miss Brnwna, Tlie Plunket Bach, Mrs D. McKay (Tuataperel, donor of-geose. Miss Mansou, Mrs A. Steele, Miss M. Manson, .Mrg Bryson, Mrs A. C. Millar, Mrs Baker, Mr* Stiller, Mrs W. Wandyside, Mrs Brass, a Friend, Miss Grieve, Sirs ,1. R. Roscow, Sirs 11. Sncyd, Master N. Robertson, Mr 3 Eggleston, Miss Curran (West Plains), Sirs Haggitt, Sirs A. Diack, Mrs Bruc* Wallace, Sirs W. Rodgers, Miss Bejr (Dunedin), Soldier’s mother, Sirs McLennan, Sirs J. C. Wilson, Mrs Benzonl, Mrs Stewart, Miss Keddoll, Mrs K. J. Gilmour, Mrs T. Hazlctt, Mrs G. James, Sirs Ewart, Mrs Tucker, Strs W. S. Keir, Mrs Snow, Sirs G. Watson, Mrs Rennie, .Mrs Reid, Miss Hunter, Mrs Crofts, Mis* Xichol (Ocean Beach), Sir Every, -Mrs l.onguet. Mrs F. Scandrolt, Sirs E. Buss, Sirs A. Cameron. Sirs W. E. Taylor. Sirs Barrel, Sirs Bonney, Sliss Ed:e, a Friend, Sir J. Dcvrelle (Dacrcl, Sirs Welsh. Sirs W. Steel, Mrs Ridd, Mrs Colin McDonald, Mrs Gerard, Mrs W. G. Gilchrist, Mrs Cooper, Mrs Holloway (Clifton', Sira Saunders, Mrs W. Copeland, Mrs Ireland, Mrs McKerehar, Mrs .lobson, Mis W. .1. Taylor, Miss Gardner. Mrs Vulc, Sir* Smyth, Mrs C. Henderson, Sirs Haszard, Sirs W. B. Scandrett, Mrs J. Robertson, Miss SlcLccd, Mrs Cntficid, Mrs J. S. Petrie, Mrs Praia, Mrs T. D. Lcnnie, Sliss Dorothy Rennie, Sirs Inglis, Sirs K. Smith, Mrs Folk, Mrs W. Strang, Mrs Crosby Smith, Sliss G. Fallow, Sirs J. IJ, Watson, Sirs Hamilton, Sliss .McLeod, Sirs J. L. McG. Watson. Miss McLeod, Mrs Carswell, Sirs T. S. Sliller, Mrs Featherson, Sirs W. Macalister, Sirs A. Waters, Mrs Marshall, Mesdames Hilton and Gimlet, Mrs G. Munro, Mrs Robertshaw, Mrs Dobble (Thornbury), Miss Grey, Sirs Brookcsmith. Mrs Diack (Thornbury), Mrs V. Smith.

Tfy the Wimmci'ii yesterday there were fehipped for Melbourne by Mr If. Hutton, of Centre Hush, through Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., eight Lincoln ram hoggets and two Lincoln rams.

For the month of June the Lome Farm's milk test was 4.5.

Kighty members of the House of Commons have joined the Imperial Committee, of which Lord Salisbury is chairman. to oppose the Home Uule settlement.

According to a cablegram the mortality from infantile paralysis is increasing in New York. Two hundred new cases were reported on Wednesday.

At a meeting of directors of the Toi Tois Dairy Factory held last week, Mr .1. M. Thomson, of Fairfield (Katcal D.K. was appointed manager for the ensuing season.

A Napier telegram states : The Napier Park Racing Club has donated £233, the net profits of the recent meeting, to the patriotic funds. The club’s patriotic donations now total £1483.

One thing that the war appears to have done Is to popularise the nursing profession. At yesterday's meeting of the H. and C.A. Hoard the secretary remarked that never previously had the Board had on its flies so many applications for probationships.

In acknowledging a vote of thanks accorded him by the parties concerned in the drivers’ dispute yesterday, the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr J. K. Triggsi stated that the employers of the South Island, and especially those of Otago and Southland, were noted for the particularly friendly relations which they maintained with their employees.

On June 1 there were 42 male and 28 female patients under treatment in the Southland Hospital. During the month 43 males and 34 females were admitted, 3 7 males and 31 females were discharged, while two males and two females died. The number of patients remaining on July 1 was 4 6 males and 29 females.

During the month of June, IS eases of Infectious diseases were notified in the Southland district, as follows: —Scarlet fever 8, diphtheria 5, tuberculosis 2. erysipelas 1, infantile paralysis 2. The. districts concerned were;— Southland County 4, Invercargill (5, Mataura 2. Wyndham 1, Lake County Winton 1, Riverton 1.

In tile Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, before Mr (3. Cruickshank, S.M., Sinclair Young, on a charge of being idle and disorderly and not having any lawful visible means of support, was convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour. On a further charge of drunkenness Young was convicted and discharged.

The pupils of the Woodlands School responded heartily to the appeal from the Education Department for funds' to provide necessaries for the Belgian children. It had been suggested that an opportunity be given the children of doing “their bit” for the .Empire and so enthusiastically did they undertake the work of self-sacrifice that the Belgian Relief Fund will benefit to the extent of £2l I4s.

The South Invercargill branch of file ■W.C.T.U. held its monthly meeting on Tuesday afternoon when the president i Mrs Pasley) presided over a splendid gathering of members and friends, the meeting taking the form of a social gathering. A well thought out paper on “Our Influence on Humanity," was read by Mrs Cooper.

A Bluff fish merchant stated yesterday •that the trade was'doing fairly well, and in referring to the question of dealing •with groper said that this fish was not orie that paid to freeze for export. And as for selling it for home consumption, he contended that the first cost, the price paid to fishermen, was not the main consideration. The charges and cost of handling that accumulated after the groper left the fishermen’s hands provided the chief preventative to the fish being sold at a price which many critics contended it should be sold at.

Several shippers of draught horses troni Bluff yesterday found themselves confronted with a difficulty in regard to obtaining suitable men to attend to the horses on the voyage across to Melbourne. Owing to the embargo that,has been placed on men eligible for military service, no men coming under that category is allowed to leave the dominion, and at least in one Instance an owner •who had not originally-intended to make the. trip was perforce compelled to do so nr cancel his application for space, which, of course, would have, been a most unprofitable proceeding.

The special employment committee of the .Southland War Funds Association is finding it necessary to establish a well defined system of finding employment for returned soldiers. The experience that the committee has already had In locating suitable situations for the men who have up to (he present sought work makes it quite evident that additional assistance and co-operation must be given to the committee if it is to be put In a position to fulfil its duty to the soldiers. In furtherance of this object a deputation will wait upon the Chamber of Commerce to-day ,und the Town Council and Employers’ Association will be called upon at their next meetings.

In the Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning, before Mr G. Cruickshank, S.M., Judgment was given for plaintiffs by default in the following cases :—Margaret Rose Green v. Irvine Lawrence Green (X.indisfarne), for £2O 12s 4d, with 41 6s coats: Southland County Council v. Catherine Moylan (Mokotua), for £1 15s 2d, with 10s costs; Invercargill Borough H. Lemin i Invercargill), for £7 ;is Id, with £1 3s 6d costs; Robert Gardiner v. Michael Marnane (Browns), for £1 123 2d, with 11s coats: Invercargill Borough Council v. F. Benfell ( Invercargill», for It r>» fid. with 5s costs; J. T. Brain v. John Glynn (Orawia), for £l2, with £2 7s fid costs: J. T. Brain v. Patrick Hogan (Wrey's Bush), for C> 15s, with 18s costs: Bray Bros. v. Robert Coster (Invercargill), for £8 11s, with II Ms (id costs: Invercargill Borough Council v. F.. White (Invercargill), for £1 14s, with ts costs.

A question by Mr Young us to whether young New Zealanders were encouraged to seek Imperial commissions drew from the Minister of Defence the following emphatic reply:—"The military age in New Zealand has been fixed at -0 years. The New Zealand Government does not consider that the issue, of permits for young men under that age should be encouraged to enable them to proceed to the United Kingdom with a view to obtaining commissions. Exceptions should be made only in the case of young men ■who are nominated or who successful!-, compete in the examinations for cadetBhips at the Uoyal Military College, Sandhurst, under the existing arrangement between the imperial and New Zealand Governments. Nor is it considered desirable that suitable men above the age of -0 should be allowed to proceed to the United Kingdom to obtain commissions in the new armies. All the suitable- men are required for service in the New Zealand military forces. it may be noted that many men who left New Zealand earlier in the war and who gained commissions in the new armies are now using every endeavour to oh tain a transfer to the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, it Is not. therefore, considered necessary to make further arrangements.

The literature class of the Workers' Educational Association met on Monday evening, the subject being, "Thackeray : the man and his work." The leader of the class, in tlie course of her opening remarks, said that whatever might lathe impression created by the sharpedged sabre of "Vanity Fair," is was certain that a careful reading of Thackeray's other works, of his later novels and of liis lectures mi "The Four Georges," and on "The English Humourists of the Kighteentli Century,” re-

vealed a most kindly and loveable man: no snearing cynic, like Swift. hut one who, while he hated and despised cant, humbug, hypocrisy and meanness, had a. ready eye for the good, the honest, the noble, in human nature and achievement. He valued highly all honest endeavour, ail manly sincerity, all tenderness, pity and gentleness; but lie had also the shrewdest eye for pretence. No form of quackery could hope to escape him. Heneath all tin- glories of Versailles and llerrenhausen, he saw the squalor and the misery on which the pomp and luxury of Kuropean courts were built, fie had a unique faculty for reducing human powers and potentates to thoir lowest terms, with results very edifying still. Ho reader could fail to be entertained, no reader could fall to be enlightened who read Thackeray's novels and historical lectures. He was one of those for whom the reality was more than the shows of things.

A number of Commonwealth slaughtermen, who have concluded their yearly circuit in N'mv Zealand, left on their return journey by the Wimmera yesterday.

The Southland men of the .Sixteenth Reinforcements reached Invercargill, on leave, by last night's express.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that the products entered for export last week wen' valued at £427,733, including butter and cheese, til, Or."; frozen moat, £120,230: hides, f.iU.HSI: Max, £41,776; wool, £101,117.

The arrivals in Xew Zealand from oversea during June totalled l.'3G, as compared with 1931 in the corresponding month of 1915. The departures were 1823 as against 1446 a year ago. These figures do not include members of the Expeditionary Forces. —Press Association wire.

Ten Coats for (Children in various sizes are being offered by THOMSON AND BEATTIE, LTD,, this week for 7/6 each. The Tweeds are excellent, the colours good, and if the styles are not the newest a handy woman can alter that in an hour and have a Coat worth a poupd. x

STOCKING SALE —Bargains in Men’s Wear. UNDRILL'S, opp. Post-office, x There are Bargains big enough to bring smiles to the face of every woman whose expenditure on personal attire is limited. The variety is immense. The very latest in Trimmed Millinery can be purchased for 3, 11 at PRICE & BIJULEID’S, LTD.. Tay and Kelvin street. Now is your opportunity to buy at Colossal Sale Prices. Come and see for yourself. Inspect the Millinery display in their windows. * Lovers of good Tea should not fail to drink BAXTER’S CHOICE RAVA TEA from the Rava Tea Gardens —the quality Is good, the liquor rich, the flavour excellent. Price only I 8 per Ih. Absolutely the best Tea at the money in Southland. Also in AID tins and 101b tins. Try it. x

A GOOD PLACE TO STAY; RAILWAY HOTEL, INVERCARGILL. Right opposite Railway Station. x

“As this is the quietest season for Cycle and Motor Cycle Repairing, Messrs T. W. VICKERY, LTD.'s, Staff are busy renewing and renovating secondhand Motor Cycles and Cycles. Included among these Motor Cycles-are Indians, Singers, Auroro 2-strokes, Matchless Twins, Triumphs, and several of them are under twelve months’ old. Some are practically new and merely require thoroughly cleaning up to be new again. These newer ones will be available first, as they take least time to do up. All engines (ind parts are overhauled, whether necessary or not. If you want to secure a practically new Motor Cycle at less than two-thirds cost, you want to earmark one of those machines as it is going together. Once fitted up they are soon disposed of, as this firm dispose of all secondhand Motor Cycles at actual cost." x Life itself often hangs in the balance when a prescription Is being dispensed. On the quality, purity, and freshness of the drugs—on the care exercised in weighing and measuring them depends the health and well-being of tho patient. Because of our experience and training —because of tho exacting and scrupulous care exercised in the careful reading and accurate dispensing of prescriptions, this Pharmacy has secured the confidence of our medical men and the general public. Mr R. SOMMERVILLE, chemist. Dee street, also says that his prices for dispensing pure drugs are as low as you dare pay if you want the best prescription service. x

DON’T LET YOUR, CHILD BE THIN.

“A very thin boy or girl," says a medical man, “is an abnormal child; and tho beat single remedy for two-thirds of the evils which attend growing humanity Is to put hhlf-an-inch more padding over their bones.” If your child is not thriving, add WILSON’S MALT EXTRACT to his diet. Barley is a magnificent food, and Wilson’s Malt Extract, being the concentrated essence of the finest malted barley, has an unequalled food value. A short course of it makes these puny children strong and rosy and stout, which ill healthy children should be. All chemists and stores sell this famous food. Wholesale Agents; ROYDS BROS. AND KIRK. LTD. 4 » “Delay of, Justice is injustice.” • —Lander.

Mothers and heads of families should. In justice to themselves Rind their children. know the great valtm of BAXTER'S' LUNG PRESERVER as u remedy for all chest and bronchial troubles. A great deal of distress would be saved. "Baxter’s" invariably gives relief in the severest cases of coughs, colds, sore throats and like worries, besides toning up the system that has been weakened by constant suffering. A big bottle costs 1/10 at all Chemists and Storekeepers. x The travelling public can obtain all Newspapers, Magazines, Latest Books. All brands of Cigarettes, Tobaccos, and Confectionery. No half-holidays at the Bookstall. —C. RODGERS, Proprietor, x SYNOPSIS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. On page 1— Wanted, sawyer. Wanted, general. Wanted, labourers. Wanted to exchange farms. On page 3 Lewis’s big bi-annual clearance is now In full swing. On page 3 Albion Pictures at 2 amj 7. Popular Pictures at 2 and 7. Grand Pictures at 2 anil 7. Red Cross Shop re-opens on Saturday. Notice re bankruptcy Joseph Byrnes. List of country concerts to he given by War Funds Association. J. Bath & Sons will he closed all day to-day. Advance in prices petroleum refined oils. On page 4 Notice to members Loyal Shamrock, Rose, and Thistle Lodge to attend funeral late John Bath. Don’t miss the bargains at Undi ill's. On page 6 Wyndham horse sale, July 15.